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Among American workers, poll finds unprecedented anxiety about jobs, economy

More than six in 10 workers in a recent Washington Post/Miller Center poll worry that they will lose their jobs to the economy, surpassing concerns in more than a dozen surveys dating to the 1970s. Read more about the increasing job anxieties of U.S. workers here. In its first year, the Milstein Symposium will focus on nonpartisan and actionable ways to create new jobs for the future that will provide a more assured future for America's workers.